South Sudan rebels and government peace talks halt

ADDIS ABABA: Peace talks between South Sudan rebels and the government adjourned Monday with no progress made on forming an interim government or implementing a ceasefire.

Both sides have boycotted the talks since a meeting earlier this month between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, who had previously agreed to form a transitional government and implement a ceasefire by August 10.

“The talks have been adjourned from today until further notice,” the government’s chief negotiator, Michael Makuei, told AFP. “We did not make any progress.”

The government had temporarily pulled out after Mahboub Maalim, head of East African bloc IGAD that is brokering the talks, said that both sides were “stupid” if they thought they could resolve the conflict militarily, but returned to negotiations Friday…

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